Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 33.—Home-Visiting.
A summary of the work performed by the three Health Visitors during the year is given below:— | |
Visits to expectant mothers | 384 |
First visits to newly-born infants | 306 |
Revisits to infants under 1 year | 2,085 |
Visits to children aged 1 to 5 years | 3,175 |
Visits in connection with Council's scheme for the supply of milk | 43 |
Still-birth inquiries | 5 |
Special visits to cases of measles | 90 |
„ „ „ „ „ whooping cough | 391 |
„ „ „ „ „ pneumonia | 16 |
Visits to foster children | 72 |
Visits in connection with infectious diseases other than those above specified | 1,111 |
Total visits | 7,678 |
Table 34.- Notification of Births.
(a) Registered in Borough:— | Live Births. | Still Births. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|
Number of births registered during 1941 as occurring in the Borough | 248 | 6 | 254 |
Number of such births not notified in accordance with the Public Health Act, 1936, Part VII | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Number of births, live and still, notified during the year— | |||
by medical practitioners | 10 | ||
by midwives | 246 | ||
by other persons | 1 | ||
Total notified | 257 |
Number of still-births notified during the year 6
Percentage of still-births to total births occurring in the Borough 2.3
Table 35—Institutional Confinements.
In institutions within the Borough | 127 | |
In registered maternity homes | 127 | |
In institutions outside the Borough | 108 | |
In general hospitals | 8 | |
In maternity hospitals | 29 | |
In Public Health County hospitals | 35 | |
In Public Assistance institutions | 22 | |
In maternity homes | 14 | |
Total | 235 |
Number of above institutional confinements arranged
through the Borough Ante-natal Clinic 50